{"product_id":"sex-and-lies-true-stories-of-womens-intimate-lives-in-the-arab-world-paperback","title":"Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSophie Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jaw-dropping . . . Inspiring . . . A haunting and beautifully composed book . . . It blew my mind.\" --Lisa Taddeo, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThree Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fearless exposé of the secrets and lies of women's intimate lives, by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny, Adèle, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In the Country of Others\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"All those in positions of authority--politicians, parents, teachers--maintain the same line: 'Do what you like, but do it in private\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e' \"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeila Slimani was in her native Morocco promoting her novel \u003ci\u003eAdèle\u003c\/i\u003e, about a woman addicted to sex, when she began meeting women who confided the dark secrets of their sexual lives. In Morocco, adultery, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and sex outside of marriage are all punishable by law, and women have only two choices: They can be wives or virgins. \u003ci\u003eSex and Lies\u003c\/i\u003e combines vivid, often harrowing testimonies with Slimani's passionate and intelligent commentary to make a galvanizing case for a sexual revolution in the Arab world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny, \u003c\/i\u003e one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the Year, for which she became the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAdèle, \u003c\/i\u003e about a sex-addicted woman in Paris, won the La Mamounia Prize for the best book by a Moroccan author written in French and gave rise to \u003ci\u003eSex and Lies.\u003c\/i\u003e A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, Slimani spearheaded a campaign--for which she won the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for women's freedom--to help Moroccan women speak out, as self-declared outlaws, against their country's unfair and obsolete laws. She is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture and was ranked #2 on \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e France's annual list of the Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she now lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769318834464,"sku":"9780143133766","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/941125411fdb2e2ab571272a3a4d0540.webp?v=1780345910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sex-and-lies-true-stories-of-womens-intimate-lives-in-the-arab-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}